| 23-822 |
Nicholas Sandmann v. New York Times Company, et al. |
Sixth Circuit |
2024-01-30 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
fact-vs-opinion first-amendment free-speech milkovich-standard milkovich-v-lorain opinion opinion-doctrine sensory-impressions sixth-circuit |
Do statements conveying observed sensory impressions in factual, descriptive terms constitute protected 'opinion' under the First Amendment? |
| 18-1477 |
Competitive Enterprise Institute, et al. v. Michael E. Mann |
District of Columbia |
2019-05-28 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (8) |
constitutional-law defamation first-amendment free-speech opinion provably-false public-concern public-figure question-of-law-or-fact subjective-commentary |
Whether the First Amendment permits defamation liability for subjective commentary on true facts concerning a matter of public concern |
| 18-9257 |
Lonnie Rarden v. Ohio |
Ohio |
2019-05-14 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment habeas-corpus judgment merits mitigating-evidence opinion petition search-and-seizure sentencing state-court state-courts writ-of-certiorari |
Whether the petitioner's due process rights were violated when the state court failed to consider mitigating evidence during sentencing |
| 18-1418 |
Senju Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., et al. v. Akorn, Inc. |
Federal Circuit |
2019-05-13 |
Denied |
|
35-usc-144 federal-circuit mandate non-obviousness obviousness-standard opinion patent-appeal patent-appeals patent-law patent-trial-and-appeal-board rule-36 statutory-interpretation |
Whether 35 U.S.C. § 144's directive that the Federal Circuit shall issue ... its mandate and opinion' in all appeals from the Patent and Trademark Off… |
| 18-8014 |
Wyley Tomas Baird v. Tammy Foss, Acting Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-19 |
Denied |
IFP |
burden-of-proof civil-rights criminal-procedure due-process evidence federal-court ineffective-assistance-of-counsel judgment jury-instructions opinion petition prosecutorial-misconduct reasonable-doubt sexual-assault supreme-court writ-of-certiorari |
Was Petitioner denied due process of law and the right to be convicted only upon proof beyond a reasonable doubt? |
| 18-7851 |
Vincent Lynden Young v. Debbie Asuncion, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-08 |
Denied |
IFP |
constitutional-provisions due-process expert-testimony false-evidence federal-habeas habeas-corpus opinion repudiated-expert senate-bill senate-bill-1134 statutory-provisions |
Whether an opinion of an expert that has been repudiated by the expert who originally provided the opinion at a hearing or trial constitutes false evi… |
| 18-7355 |
Michael R. Haynes v. Oregon Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-01-10 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
administrative-law agency-deference civil-procedure civil-rights due-process judicial-review opinion order record standing |
Whether the record shows that the respondents deviated from the applicable legal standards |
| 18-864 |
John Tatum, et ux. v. The Dallas Morning News, Inc., et al. |
Texas |
2019-01-07 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
constitutional-protection defamation first-amendment free-speech milkovich-precedent milkovich-v-lorain omnicare-v-laborers opinion opinion-piece opinion-speech |
Whether an otherwise verifiable accusation of dishonesty should be considered Constitutionally protected opinion under the First Amendment because suc… |
| 18-6444 |
James E. Whitney v. Wendy Kelley, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, et al. |
Eighth Circuit |
2018-10-25 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
civil-procedure civil-rights constitutional-and-statutory-provisions due-process federal-and-state-cases free-speech issues-presented jurisdiction opinion standing statement-of-the-case table-of-contents takings |
Whether the petitioner's constitutional rights were violated by the respondents' actions |